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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Despereaux's father's name?
(a) Lester.
(b) Maxime.
(c) Chester.
(d) Charlie.
2. How many mice has Gregory saved before Despereaux?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.
3. What does the jailer show Despereaux?
(a) A pile of spoons, kettle and soup bowls.
(b) A pile of bones.
(c) A pile of love letters.
(d) A pile of old photographs.
4. Who is the first to find Despereaux in the dungeon?
(a) Geoffrey.
(b) Gregory.
(c) Furlough.
(d) Frederick.
5. What is the last of the great, ancient rules of mice?
(a) Never touch humans.
(b) Never speak to humans.
(c) Never reveal a mouse's house to a human.
(d) Never allow humans to touch a mouse.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which rat was born in the dungeon several years before Despereaux was born?
2. How does the Princess describe Despereaux's ears?
3. How many brothers and sisters are in Despereaux's litter?
4. What did the Pea announce when her father finished playing and singing?
5. What two reasons make the dungeon so dangerous?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Despereaux suddenly find unbearable, and what does he ask the guards?
2. What happens when the Princess begins to cry?
3. What is the first thing that Despereaux is aware of after he is pushed down the dungeon steps by Furlough and the second guard?
4. Why does the jailer tell Despereaux that he definitely does not want to be let go in this place?
5. What is the purpose of the Mouse Council?
6. What other crime did the prisoner admit to committing for which he was never caught or punished?
7. In what ways do Despereaux's siblings attempt to educate him on how to be a mouse?
8. What happens when the King orders that all of the rats be killed?
9. What is the vote taken by the Mouse Council and what are the results?
10. How did the mice get to the dungeon?
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